Baby Banner

Here's the latest picture of our little one, taken at our 20 week ultrasound yesterday afternoon. This is a side profile of the face and upper body - you can see the little pointy nose and a hand below the face. We got a DVD, but the baby didn't move around much at all. 'A very laid back baby' according to the nurse - "like it's Daddy" said Cody. It's either laid back or stubborn (like both its parents) - at one point the nurse was trying to roll him/her over to get a better look at the spine, and the baby just wasn't having it! But we did at least get to see the arms, legs, fingers and toes move around enough to know that they can, and that's all we need to know. It was tough not finding out the sex, but what a fun surprise it will be at the delivery! Right now the baby's a little bigger than the average for this stage, but we'll have to wait and see if that trend continues. Hopefully it won't be too big, because I'm hoping to deliver naturally and I have no idea what my pain threshold will be because I've never had any serious injuries or illnesses to test it. Most mothers laugh when I say this is my plan, but I know it can be done because I know women who have done it. We'll just have to wait and see how this one cooperates - I'm counting on the Conder history of fast labor, but I don't want to have any false hopes either! But we've still got four more months to prepare for all of that - right now Cody and I are just excited to know that everything is fine and we've got a healthy little Banner we can't wait to meet!

And the work continues.....

It's been quite awhile since I've updated this - our camera is broken so I've been unable to take pictures. Here is the latest image, complements of Uncle Carlton. We've gotten one coat of exterior paint on the outside - we've had lots of help with the painting from my family - a whole group showed up on Sunday and helped us get the whole first coat completed. We're lucky to have such a great family. You can't tell from this picture, but all of the rough-in work is complete (a/c, plumbing, electrical) and we passed our framing and rough-in inspection. We just picked up our next draw check on Friday, and now we're ready to order the drywall work. Hopefully our camera will be fixed quickly and we can get some more pictures up, but until then I'll try to do a better job of at least updating the site to let you know where we are in the process. Oh - and I almost forgot to mention - we have our 20 week ultrasound this afternoon at 4:00. I can't wait to see our little one on the big screen! We're still hoping not to find out, but I guess we'll have to see if Baby Banner wants to cooperate. It's so nice to know we're halfway there - the time has flown by, so I'm hoping the same will be true for the second half. It's been really nice - no sickness, no cravings, no mood swings (and this is according to Cody!) - I couldn't have asked for it to be any better!